Beer 2019, imo.

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

5 minutes ago, TBGFL said:

Hopslam has evolved into the "McRib of IPAs". Used to be a solid beer back in the day

Good analogy.  I'll probably end up ordering a draw of it every year, if I come across it, but I don't think I'll ever buy another 6 pack.

Honestly, it's been awhile since I really loved a Bell's IPA.  Both Two Hearted and Hop Slam were important beers when I was coming up, but either it changed or I changed, and regardless it just isn't the draw for me it used to be.

[DDD Dad 14650]

[hipster neckbeard beernerd] Bells is so lamestream. [/hipster neckbeard beernerd]

[texhorn 356]

15 hours ago, jw4381 said:

This is damn good.




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Hit up the Waikiki location and brewery on Maui on a work trip a few months back. They have some good stuff. 

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

7 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

[hipster neckbeard beernerd] Bells is so lamestream. [/hipster neckbeard beernerd]

The rest of their line up is damn good.  I just don't like their IPAs much any more.  Oarsman and Oberon are some of the best summer beers around.

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[shnsajax 3607]

I thought the Bud Light Corn Syrup commercial was pretty damn funny last night. Better than the actual game. 

[MoJames 8258]

Between the corn syrup, wind power and organic beer options, liberal lite beer drinkers have their hands full.

[TBGFL 397]

40 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

The rest of their line up is damn good.  I just don't like their IPAs much any more.  Oarsman and Oberon are some of the best summer beers around.

Agree on their lineup. Bells makes some good beers. They just don't do IPAs well anymore.

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

25 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

I thought the Bud Light Corn Syrup commercial was pretty damn funny last night. Better than the actual game. 

My entire thought during those commercials was "so what?  Bud Light doesn't taste any better than Miller/Coors".

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

1 minute ago, TBGFL said:

Agree on their lineup. Bells makes some good beers. They just don't do IPAs well anymore.

Do they make IPAs other than Two Hearted and Hopslam?

I always sort of compare them to Founders, due to their geographic proximity and similar production scale.  Between All Day, Mosaic Promise, and Azzacca, Founders is definitely ahead on the IPA front.  But Oarsman is better than any Founders sour or tart beer, and I don't know that Founders makes a similar beer to Oberon.

[Anton Chigurh 3335]

Is there a hands down worst Texas brewery since Texas Big Beer closed a few years ago? There a few in Houston like Bakfish and Platypus that are on the wrong side of mediocre.

I still don’t think I’ve come across anything as consistently bad as TBB.

Guns and Oil.

[TBGFL 397]

42 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Do they make IPAs other than Two Hearted and Hopslam?

Yes, they have the Lampshade DIPA, Kalamazoo IPA and Hopsolution.

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

22 minutes ago, TBGFL said:

Yes, they have the Lampshade DIPA, Kalamazoo IPA and Hopsolution.

I just never see them around.

[DDD Dad 14650]

The rest of their line up is damn good.  I just don't like their IPAs much any more.  Oarsman and Oberon are some of the best summer beers around.

I celebrate their entire lineup. I have yet to find one that isn’t among the best domestics of their style.

The cherry oarsman (something in the pool?) is a great summer beer.

[CooterBrown 18288]

What's the consensus on Oddwood? I thinking of heading there on Sunday.

 

[stc 1500]

oddwood is very solid. worth a visit for sure. 

[shnsajax 3607]

3 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

 

Guns and Oil.

 

They have almost completely dropped the Guns and Oil branding since moving to Boise, changing names and dropping the lager only concept. See the 6 packs of Guns and Oil every now and then.

[patrickdrinksbeer 820]

What's the consensus on Oddwood? I thinking of heading there on Sunday.
 

taproom is kind of weird, being an old mexican restaurant, but the beer is fantastic.

[Mez2 4048]

On 2/1/2019 at 9:33 PM, Okie State said:

Enjoyed some beers at Great Heights tonight. Feel weird introducing myself as from the internet so I just keep my mouth shut.

i see a couple friend of ours. 

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

8 hours ago, Dark Horse said:

Is there a hands down worst Texas brewery since Texas Big Beer closed a few years ago? There a few in Houston like Bakfish and Platypus that are on the wrong side of mediocre.

I still don’t think I’ve come across anything as consistently bad as TBB.

4th Tap in Austin. Running walker in the Houston area (Richmond).

[GreenspointTexas 9969]

8 hours ago, Dark Horse said:

Is there a hands down worst Texas brewery since Texas Big Beer closed a few years ago? There a few in Houston like Bakfish and Platypus that are on the wrong side of mediocre.

I still don’t think I’ve come across anything as consistently bad as TBB.

 

Chimera 

Fetching Lab

Gordon Street

Beerfoot 

Huff

Blue Star

Bearded Fox

Fire Ant

Triple J

Wicked Boxer

4J

The Phoenix

Baileson

Big Texan

Flying Man

Stesti

Treaty Oak

Vallensons

Plains

 

All of those I listed i’d never drink a beer from again. Ive visited em all (except Stesti) and had everything they had on tap at the time. Plains, Big Texan, Triple J, Treaty Oak, Wicked Boxer, Chimera, and Gordon Streets beers were literally a fucking pain to drink. There are worse breweries out there than what TBB was.

 

Plains or Triple J is prolly the worst tho

[Okie State 3889]

I liked what I drank at Baileson one time. So there's that.

[patrickdrinksbeer 820]

I liked what I drank at Baileson one time. So there's that.

i’ve also had solid beers from baileson. not one i considered sub-par. haven’t had beer from

most on greenspoint’s list, but he did name a couple i would agree with.

 

by the way, greenspoint, have you had a GHBC beer since your visit during our first month?

[Okie State 3889]

I will say that Running Walker makes one of the worst stouts I've ever had. I think I had seen they were up for sale. Nice place, but bad beer.

[Bottlecap 1523]

I still vouch for 4th tap. i like several of their beers and their taproom is cool enough. but their branding is so bad. so so fucking bad. i don't buy it out on the market because i'm legit bitchass about buying such an awful looking beer. surely they have to know that 98% of craft beer idiots drink with their eyes first. (and i've seen that their re-brand has actually reached the mainstays -- and are can wraps too. the fuck is going on over there?).

Anyway, 4th tap is alright. I would have said Treaty Oak was the worst, but they've killed their program for now pending a re-boot. 

I've never had a good beer from strange land. I'll say Lazarus has been the worst of the popular breweries. 

Zilker and Oddwood are the most underrated. Skull Mechanix is on the cusp on being good enough to be underrated.

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

I’m seeing lots of Zilker love these days. I think it’s catching on. Never had a problem with Lazarus. Thought it was decent, run of the mill, craft beer in a cool spot.

I want to like 4th tap because I like their apprentice program, their tap room, and their location is good for me. Just can’t find a beer remotely drinkable to me.

[D_Goose 498]

I really dig the Oddwood taproom. They make a tasty pizza and have fucking free NBA Jam arcade.

[PvilleStang 2989]

22 hours ago, THRILLHOUSE_X said:

Is Strange Land still in business? If so, I'll go with them.

I was just coming over to ask this.  Wife and I were talking about this last night.  Her coworkers were talking about how Hat Creek stopped selling their beers, and the brewery doesn't seem to have large crowds like they used to.  I'd guess they're not long for the world.

20 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

My entire thought during those commercials was "so what?  Bud Light doesn't taste any better than Miller/Coors".

Someone needs to answer back with "it's brewed with rice".

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

Hat creek was selling strange land for $1 on thursdays. It was overpriced.

[PvilleStang 2989]

6 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Hat creek was selling strange land for $1 on thursdays. It was overpriced.

Key word there: WAS.  From what she told me, they now do half-priced beers on Thursday, and don't carry any SL.

[GreenspointTexas 9969]

13 hours ago, patrickdrinksbeer said:

i’ve also had solid beers from baileson. not one i considered sub-par. haven’t had beer from

most on greenspoint’s list, but he did name a couple i would agree with.

 

by the way, greenspoint, have you had a GHBC beer since your visit during our first month?

Negative. Need to swing by again soon

[usmc0331horn 995]

On 2/4/2019 at 10:39 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

Good analogy.  I'll probably end up ordering a draw of it every year, if I come across it, but I don't think I'll ever buy another 6 pack.

Honestly, it's been awhile since I really loved a Bell's IPA.  Both Two Hearted and Hop Slam were important beers when I was coming up, but either it changed or I changed, and regardless it just isn't the draw for me it used to be.

I agree with your assessment of Hopslam. I didn't have it until last year when Texas finally got it and I was way underwhelmed. Two Hearted is still god though imo but there is really so much better and cheaper to buy.

[usmc0331horn 995]

Also did anyone hear about what happened to the beer guy at Haymaker? Evidently he died tragically last weekend leaving a fiancee behind. I haven't heard how he died.

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

2 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

I agree with your assessment of Hopslam. I didn't have it until last year when Texas finally got it and I was way underwhelmed. Two Hearted is still god though imo but there is really so much better and cheaper to buy.

Two Hearted is definitely well made.  But it very much belongs to a certain era, and I don't drink many amber, balanced IPAs these days.  Surly Furious is the same way.

[HenryJames 67366]

30 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

I agree with your assessment of Hopslam. I didn't have it until last year when Texas finally got it and I was way underwhelmed. Two Hearted is still god though imo but there is really so much better and cheaper to buy.

Drink local, imo.

[Mr.Hovis 71]

3 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Hat creek was selling strange land for $1 on thursdays. It was overpriced.

Agreed. I have been to Hat Creek maybe 2-3 times (Hwy.290 west location) and the only non SL beer on tap was Celis White, so went with that.  

[patrickdrinksbeer 820]

Coincidentally, I just got wind today about Strange Land selling some equipment. Have no actual info on the status of the business.

[AnotherUTFan 9985]

Evidently there are no longer lines for Pliny the Younger. Waits have been under an hour at the 2 brewery locations. Today Toronado is serving it to a half empty bar.

And this might be my favorite iteration of it. Very tropical.

[BearCountry11 1234]

22 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Evidently there are no longer lines for Pliny the Younger. Waits have been under an hour at the 2 brewery locations. Today Toronado is serving it to a half empty bar.

And this might be my favorite iteration of it. Very tropical.

Bet if it was hazy there would be lines down the street.  Got lucky  with PtY at Toronado a few years back by just tipping well.  Bartender gave my a pour of PtY (tap handle was covered) and asked me to keep it a secret.  Still one of the best IPAs I've had.  

[HenryJames 67366]

On 2/4/2019 at 11:05 AM, shnsajax said:

I thought the Bud Light Corn Syrup commercial was pretty damn funny last night. Better than the actual game. 

 

[shnsajax 3607]

 

You drink that coconut bbomb yet?


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[HenryJames 67366]

Not yet. I think I may drink it this weekend.

[elguapo 4620]

Pinthouse in RR is open, launched with a badass DIPA.

 

[CooterBrown 18288]

Is that Crispy Waves, the one they canned a couple of weeks ago?

[elguapo 4620]

Is that Crispy Waves, the one they canned a couple of weeks ago?

No that wasn’t on tap. This was called Safety’s Off.

[mdleast 8521]

Pinthouse in RR is open, launched with a badass DIPA.
 

That’s good to know as I’ll be heading down to Austin this weekend and they don’t have anything in their social media showing they are officially open. Or is this a soft opening? Either way, I was hoping to check it out on the way down.

[HenryJames 67366]

Tap feed isn't up yet for the Round Rock location. I love that feature btw.

[elguapo 4620]

12 minutes ago, mdleast said:

That’s good to know as I’ll be heading down to Austin this weekend and they don’t have anything in their social media showing they are officially open. Or is this a soft opening? Either way, I was hoping to check it out on the way down.

Soft opening but they have full menu and almost all their taps were going.  They had Jellyfish/Bines/Green Battles/etc

 

The new space is awesome too.  They have a huge section with the long bench tables and then another area that is more of a bar scene with games.

[GreenspointTexas 9969]

RIP Celis Brewing?

[mdleast 8521]

RIP Celis Brewing?

Do you have a trio of information that you’d like to share with the group?

[HenryJames 67366]

bottlecap'd